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Search For Rapid X-ray Variability from the Black-Hole Candidate GRO J1655-40

D. J. Crary, C. Kouveliotou, J. van Paradijs, F. van der Hooft, M. van der Klis, B. C. Rubin, D. M. Scott, M. H. Finger, B. A. Harmon

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9603147

Abstract

We have examined fifteen days of CGRO/BATSE data, obtained during the first outburst of the black-hole candidate source GRO J1655-40, to search for rapid variability of its X-ray flux. We find no evidence for significant variability of GRO J1655-40 during our observations, with a 2 sigma upper limit to the fractional r.m.s. amplitude in the frequency range 0.03-0.488 Hz of 6.6%. We cannot, on the basis of our observations, determine the source state (low, high, or very-high state) of GRO J1655-40.

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